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Orange Is The New Black Star Slams America’s Next Top Model For Lacking Diversity

Danielle Brooks plays Taystee on the Netflix series Orange is the New Black, which takes place […]

Danielle Brooks plays Taystee on the Netflix series Orange is the New Black, which takes place inside a women’s prison. The show features a diverse cast of characters, covering many genders, ethnicities, and sizes. Clearly, this is a lesson the actress wishes America’s Next Top Model would learn from. In a series of tweets, Brooks called attention to the show’s lack of plus size models, something that could potentially alienate the 67% of the female population, who are plus size.

The actress, a vocal advocate for body diversity, recently wrote a letter for Refinery29 about not seeing plus size women being reflected in media, so Monday’s premiere of the latest season of America’s Next Top Model only echoed her feelings.

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Brooks continued her thoughts on the lack of body diversity in media with the following Instagram post:

The modeling competition show has primarily featured thin models since its premiere in 2003, with a couple exceptions throughout the years. Supermodel Ashley Graham is one of this year’s hosts, hoped to feature a plus size model, saying “Unfortunately, it didn’t happen for this round, but that’s alright,” and adding, “Hopefully for season two — I’m looking for the woman who wins to be plus size. I think it would be so epic.”

[H/T Pret-A-Porter]

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